The most worrying increase I see around here is the use of a vehicle as an assault weapon. I think it was popularized by ISIS terrorists (Nice and Berlin IIRC), but over the past year we've had multiple incidents of people driving into crowds or cops over a previous altercation. I cannot fathom why such an offense does not lead to a lifelong driving ban.
But that's not really on-topic when discussing driving controls: luckily, most vehicle crashes are still accidents, not attempted homicides. And for these cases, whether the car has buttons or a touch screen does matter.
> people driving into crowds or cops over a previous altercation. I cannot fathom why such an offense does not lead to a lifelong driving ban.
I'd hope that someone who consciously drives a car into another person would spend the rest of their life in prison (which effectively includes a driving ban)
Legality is relevant because the law would apply to cars being sold, which is a lot easier to enforce than preventing drivers from using what’s already in the car.
Here in SoCal Tesla’s are second only to Nissans on the aggressively dangerous driver scale in my experience.
In the past few years no other brand demographic comes close with the possible exception of lifted full size trucks and Chargers, but they are a ways back.
